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Video highlights a utility's use of Clean Water State Revolving Fund to invest in water recycling and reuse

Posted Fri, 2012/09/07 - 9:33am by RCAP

EPA has made available online a video highlighting the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, a regional wastewater service provider and distributor of wholesale and recycled water in California, which used the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program to conserve water and reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.

EPA issues Clean Water State Revolving Fund Green Project Reserve Highlights report, case studies, and fact sheets

Posted Mon, 2012/07/23 - 10:22am by RCAP

EPA is releasing a suite of materials highlighting the innovative approaches states have used to successfully implement projects that address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency, or other environmentally-innovative activities using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund’s (CWSRF) Green Project Reserve. The CWSRF program, through the reserve, is helping achieve innovative solutions to wastewater infrastructure needs, achieving economic and environmental benefits that will continue to accrue for years to come.

Washington Post: EPA budget cuts put states in bind

Posted Thu, 2011/06/23 - 9:13am by RCAP

The June 20 Washington Post carried this article that begins:

"When congressional Republicans cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget 16 percent as part of a deal with President Obama in April to keep the government running, they hailed it as a blow to a federal bureaucracy that had overreached in its size and ambition.